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so what i'm trying to say is to my even with all the drone technology and other technologies, i don't believe that international development will allow us the luxury of, you know, keeping the boys home. they will be unfortunately contingencies that will force us to address the question. are we defending our security outside our own borders? history shows that we need to do that in the past, and that think we will have to in the future. that is my argument that we cannot in europe simply cut defense budgets more and more and more and more without risking essential security interests of our own countries. >> the question is an interesting one because looking at our elections, i think there are a number of issues a plate. david describes certainly the position that has been advanced by the obama administration and president obama. during the foreign policy debate, in fact, there was an outright discussion about traditional means of warfare. this is some of the, you know, the newer versions. and i hesitate saying this, of course, with senator mccain because he jumped in on this, but the s
so what i'm trying to say is to my even with all the drone technology and other technologies, i don't believe that international development will allow us the luxury of, you know, keeping the boys home. they will be unfortunately contingencies that will force us to address the question. are we defending our security outside our own borders? history shows that we need to do that in the past, and that think we will have to in the future. that is my argument that we cannot in europe simply cut...
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of technology. there are things, if that virus or that bacteria gets to the right place and then technology is there to allow for it to be spread, that's the thing that we want to be most aware of. and with hospitals in uganda working on infection control is probably going to be the best thing to prevent ebola from getting out and causing worldwide problems. >> there's another very simple piece of technology that we take for granted now but according to some accounts was perhaps very important in the early spread of hiv, of the pandemic strain, and that's the hypodermic needle that was being used in central africa to inoculate people with various kinds of medicines including medicines to deal with malaria. and there weren't very many needles, so they were being reused. we're talking about the 1920s and the 1930s. and i think it's, there's a fine writer who's published a book called "the origins of aids," who -- he's not the only person who's developed this hypothesis, but he explores it and brings n
of technology. there are things, if that virus or that bacteria gets to the right place and then technology is there to allow for it to be spread, that's the thing that we want to be most aware of. and with hospitals in uganda working on infection control is probably going to be the best thing to prevent ebola from getting out and causing worldwide problems. >> there's another very simple piece of technology that we take for granted now but according to some accounts was perhaps very...
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foreign policy from all of this innovation in the technology? >> you mentioned i think a number of the biggest challenges one of the ways we benefit from thinking about this is to distinguish between long-term goals were mere term nm management challenges. long-term goals we have to bet on openness, freedom of access to private markets. for the reasons i talked about in my remarks and many others, the recipe for global peace and prosperity is in that. a good question though on the short term challenges that are very real and over time it will lead to greater economic opportunity and job creation. in the new term there is potentially a mismatch between connectivity doing dangerous people larger reform without moving the opportunity as quickly. we have many difficult management challenges but one of the things we have to do is speed up the economic opportunity side so if you are as convinced as i am that the more there is economic opportunity, the less threats will see. it creates a whole host of challenges. i will give you another example in this
foreign policy from all of this innovation in the technology? >> you mentioned i think a number of the biggest challenges one of the ways we benefit from thinking about this is to distinguish between long-term goals were mere term nm management challenges. long-term goals we have to bet on openness, freedom of access to private markets. for the reasons i talked about in my remarks and many others, the recipe for global peace and prosperity is in that. a good question though on the short...
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secretary, quite honestly is the lack of an overall information technology architecture you and i have talked about this before, and it still doesn't exist today as far as i know. i've pointed that out and my committee has pointed that out and outside they've looked at the va's i.t. department and have pointed that out. i'm just not convinced that five years from now given that i don't know where you will be, but my fear is that we are going to be sitting here talking about the same issue again because we are not going about it with the discipline i come from an information technology career of over 30 years. i worked at u.s. special operations command as the director of the staff i know what it takes to get this stuff done, and five years, gentleman is totally unacceptable. and i don't really have a question for you. i just want you to fix this for crying out loud. >> can i respond? congressmen coming you and i but primarily roger baker and you have had this discussion. i work with you and we believe we have the good mark on architecture and i haven't satisfied you. we will come back
secretary, quite honestly is the lack of an overall information technology architecture you and i have talked about this before, and it still doesn't exist today as far as i know. i've pointed that out and my committee has pointed that out and outside they've looked at the va's i.t. department and have pointed that out. i'm just not convinced that five years from now given that i don't know where you will be, but my fear is that we are going to be sitting here talking about the same issue again...
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and also, what kind of armed forces who have and also the defense technology. so, should we have discussion about this defense strategy? thank you. >> i had a couple thoughts. you say how do we invest in domestic affairs, money we don't have. but depend on the nature of the deal to raise revenues, basically you're saying money are not spending on the pentagon may be available for the purposes of public investment. it really depends on the larger parameters of the budget deal. asser waste in the pentagon, i'm interested whether my colleagues can put a percentage on. i think it's steep and its pervasive but i think it depends on how you define it if you're buying a weapon you don't become is that wasteful? i would suggest if you are certainly smaller kinds of ways in terms of procurement policy and overruns and so forth. but there's got to be a key target. i think we could do a whole panel on alternative strategy but it's clear that nuclear weapons, preparing for counterinsurgency, the kind of made overly optimistic sense of what we can do with the drones and nav
and also, what kind of armed forces who have and also the defense technology. so, should we have discussion about this defense strategy? thank you. >> i had a couple thoughts. you say how do we invest in domestic affairs, money we don't have. but depend on the nature of the deal to raise revenues, basically you're saying money are not spending on the pentagon may be available for the purposes of public investment. it really depends on the larger parameters of the budget deal. asser waste...
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let's say the environment or let's say cyber warfare, we can leave you in the right direction, and the technology is there so that you and i can gather material, gather information in a fashion that is infinitely easier than the one we used to use 40 years ago, 50 years ago. we can sit at our laptop and harvest disinformation. >> with the reporting you have a ton of information these curators can provide any amount of information, how reliable is the information? is it based upon actual reporting? >> two key points have to be made. there is a brilliant material that is being well reported according to the standards if you and i worked. >> how do you know that? >> because i have been told. [laughter] >> on the other hand, the implication of your question is absolutely correct. we don't know often when something comes across on the internet we have no way of knowing what its provenance is, we have no way of knowing what the intention, with the goal is of the people that are putting that out there. and i will tell you something i learned the other day from one of these talks. it had nothing to do wi
let's say the environment or let's say cyber warfare, we can leave you in the right direction, and the technology is there so that you and i can gather material, gather information in a fashion that is infinitely easier than the one we used to use 40 years ago, 50 years ago. we can sit at our laptop and harvest disinformation. >> with the reporting you have a ton of information these curators can provide any amount of information, how reliable is the information? is it based upon actual...
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the most interesting and ambitious forum for the discussion on politics and business and science and technology and the arts and it was thanks to the division of the accomplished author and journalist walter isaacson who's the ceo of the aspen institute who approached the owner of the of cleantech, david bradley, about partnering to create a new event called the has been ideas festival. in less than a decade, the house and ideas festival takes place every summer in the beautiful aspin campus in colorado has become an influential leader in the global event arena. for the success we decided four years ago to take elements of that great show on the road and with the partnership of general and the newseum, the washington ideas for rahm was born. you'll hear the greatest journalists interviewed felt makers and leaders to discuss topics as varied the future of the entrepreneur should, global health, education, the future of china and many more subjects. so if you bear with me i would just like to offer some words of appreciation or the organizations and people that have made this event possible. it s
the most interesting and ambitious forum for the discussion on politics and business and science and technology and the arts and it was thanks to the division of the accomplished author and journalist walter isaacson who's the ceo of the aspen institute who approached the owner of the of cleantech, david bradley, about partnering to create a new event called the has been ideas festival. in less than a decade, the house and ideas festival takes place every summer in the beautiful aspin campus in...
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we should the development of new and high technology weapon and equipment. and -- a high caliber personnel in large numbers and we should increase efforts to run the armed forces with the strict [inaudible] and in other nonders with the law to the new level. we should allocate reform of the national defense and armed forces in both active and priewbt way in the military transmore make. we should -- [inaudible] for the innovation in defense -- and. and continue to follow the chinese-style that integrated development of military and civilian sector. we should speed up the butte -- [inaudible] and we should consolidate [inaudible] and the government and military and the civil yap -- civil yabs. national defense policy that different in the nature. [applause] enriching the practice of one country, two system and inconvenient, chinese reunification. since the return to mother land, they embarked a broad road in which they and the mainland descraw on each other and pursue common development with the success of the one country two country principal. the underlying
we should the development of new and high technology weapon and equipment. and -- a high caliber personnel in large numbers and we should increase efforts to run the armed forces with the strict [inaudible] and in other nonders with the law to the new level. we should allocate reform of the national defense and armed forces in both active and priewbt way in the military transmore make. we should -- [inaudible] for the innovation in defense -- and. and continue to follow the chinese-style that...
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says wind is a mature technology. and what have we got after 20 years and billions of dollars of subsidies? a puny amount of unreliable electricity. our country uses nearly 25% of all the electricity in the world. wind produces 3% of that. of course, it only produces it when the wind blows. it's not easy to store it. so it is of limited use in a country that needs huge amounts of low-cost, clean, reliable electricity. relying on wind power is the energy equivalent of going to war in sailboats when nuclear submarines are available. the wind subsidy is so large, mr. president, that wind developers are now paying distributors to take their wind power under cutting the base load energy plants that are necessary to provide the reliable electricity we need for the country. and on top of that, there are better ways to produce clean electricity, better ways than subsidizing a technology that destroys the environment in the name of saving the environment. for example, for the same -- it would take a row of 50 wind turbines fro
says wind is a mature technology. and what have we got after 20 years and billions of dollars of subsidies? a puny amount of unreliable electricity. our country uses nearly 25% of all the electricity in the world. wind produces 3% of that. of course, it only produces it when the wind blows. it's not easy to store it. so it is of limited use in a country that needs huge amounts of low-cost, clean, reliable electricity. relying on wind power is the energy equivalent of going to war in sailboats...
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modern technology, frankly it is a 24/7 news media. it is the fact that the members leave their families back home. you can't be a good legislator two and half days a week. you have to work at it. the combination of those things, it contributed to the partisanship and the gridlock that we have now. the answer is simple. it is called leadership. men and women of goodwill, conservative liberals, republicans, and the president -- they say it is an easy and we have to get results. >> so i want to come back to that. let's talk about the challenges that lay ahead over the next three to six months in the government. you have divided power, fiscal problems that you have to address. it's not unlike 1990. you are able to put together a pretty good package in 1990 that led to pave the way for it the deficit subsequently. something like that happen now? what was so different about 1990 than what we have now? >> well, i think it would be more difficult to do it. i came to the senate in january of 1977. when i came there, you had democrats and moder
modern technology, frankly it is a 24/7 news media. it is the fact that the members leave their families back home. you can't be a good legislator two and half days a week. you have to work at it. the combination of those things, it contributed to the partisanship and the gridlock that we have now. the answer is simple. it is called leadership. men and women of goodwill, conservative liberals, republicans, and the president -- they say it is an easy and we have to get results. >> so i...
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part of it is technology. that led to a turnout evident that was very pressed on their side in the end makes the difference increase in turnout among the base, democratic party is that two point difference. second, paul, you and i talked about this, i do think as republicans we were not able to take our message, which was the right message in a year when the economy was not doing well and most people were looking for change and take it to the level that people thought it made a difference in their lives for themselves and their families and this something, folks in this room are either nonmart sawn or democrats or republicans but i hope you can all agree there are certain things we should do in our economy that are growth oriented, including tax reform, regulatory relief and energy policies that we were talking about in this campaign but i think we had difficulty independent voters not republican or democrat. there is not turnout issue this is more dealing with independent voters in the middle enable to convin
part of it is technology. that led to a turnout evident that was very pressed on their side in the end makes the difference increase in turnout among the base, democratic party is that two point difference. second, paul, you and i talked about this, i do think as republicans we were not able to take our message, which was the right message in a year when the economy was not doing well and most people were looking for change and take it to the level that people thought it made a difference in...
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today's entrepreneurs may use different technology to develop products and reach potential markets than their predecessors, but the work ethic and the passion to do something remains just the same. this week, i encourage my colleagues to explore the impact of entrepreneurship in their communities and to engage with start-up companies working to make the lives of americans better. i have met with entrepreneurs in kansas and across the country during the last 18 months. the passion and creativity of these entrepreneurs has encouraged me. one refreshing observation is that these entrepreneurs, while competitive, want to see their fell entrepreneurs succeed. they are also building new tools that empower others to make their businesses better. but in conversation after conversation, i also have learned that there are common challenges that entrepreneurs face, some of which can be solved by congress if we follow the entrepreneur's example of seizing an opportunity, rolling up our sleeves and working together. entrepreneurs in america are finding it increasingly difficult to start a business a
today's entrepreneurs may use different technology to develop products and reach potential markets than their predecessors, but the work ethic and the passion to do something remains just the same. this week, i encourage my colleagues to explore the impact of entrepreneurship in their communities and to engage with start-up companies working to make the lives of americans better. i have met with entrepreneurs in kansas and across the country during the last 18 months. the passion and creativity...
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since the 80s, we had the technology to run water through our engines. stanley meyer perfected that in the 80ing. i don't know what happened to that. he had patents on it and provedf his information, even most of the technology on it, and, also, we have the processer by paul and the seg generator that was developedded by a man from europe. he's still alive. his name is john thill. >> host: we'll let you go, back to the topic of cybercrime here with the guest shawn henry, formally from the fbi. hearing from arnie now. >> caller: we're riflely concerned about identity theft, and especially as it occurs over the internet. there are -- my basic question is do any of these products that we see advertised on television and/or talk radio -- there's one prominent one starting with the letter l, and my wife knows about it. she wants me to sign up for $160 a year that will protect us from identity theft over the computer. are any of these products effective? >> guest: so it sounds like what you're talking about, one of the services that identifies when your privat
since the 80s, we had the technology to run water through our engines. stanley meyer perfected that in the 80ing. i don't know what happened to that. he had patents on it and provedf his information, even most of the technology on it, and, also, we have the processer by paul and the seg generator that was developedded by a man from europe. he's still alive. his name is john thill. >> host: we'll let you go, back to the topic of cybercrime here with the guest shawn henry, formally from the...
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the technology included the so-called system some of you have maybe read about in the last couple of days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to ensure people are getting to the polls. i'm told on election day it had so many hits around the country as it should have from people saying this person voted and this person didn't. but if that was under attack it closed down. so for those of you hear from again that technology field to enter some politics, we republicans want to talk to you. [laughter] we need some help. the democratic system was quite effective at micro targeting and i've heard lots of anecdotes and one this morning that you will love that somebody gets a call that's a democrat from law school and was we see that you voted and disinformation is publicly available. was it you that voted 2:00 on election day but your sister hasn't. can you call her. that's the level at that point. that led to a turnout effort that in the end makes the difference. the increase in turnout among the base democratic party is a two-point difference. i do think that as republican
the technology included the so-called system some of you have maybe read about in the last couple of days which was the republican get-out-the-vote technology to ensure people are getting to the polls. i'm told on election day it had so many hits around the country as it should have from people saying this person voted and this person didn't. but if that was under attack it closed down. so for those of you hear from again that technology field to enter some politics, we republicans want to talk...
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increasing risks from carbon emissions, pricing the carbon is an absolutely to the behavioral change and the technological innovation that we will need in order to ultimately adjust and adapt to what we have already done. the carbon tax also raises revenue in a way that could be used for a variety of different forms but it has an additional kind of benefit associated with. the narrow political discussion that we are having today. >> we see the gasoline prices coming down because the price of oil starts to fall because of all the activity produced in this country may be that would be an opportunity to increase the federal gasoline tax if we don't go to a full carbon tax. with 50 cents a gallon of the federal tax. some of the problem is from a climate perspective transportation and gasoline price petroleum is a small share of the problem. the problem is in the energy sector and without the carbon tax you are not directly getting at that. >> so, i think for the reasons that have been described the carbon tax makes enormous sense to deal with the environmental impact of energy use to like and you can design o
increasing risks from carbon emissions, pricing the carbon is an absolutely to the behavioral change and the technological innovation that we will need in order to ultimately adjust and adapt to what we have already done. the carbon tax also raises revenue in a way that could be used for a variety of different forms but it has an additional kind of benefit associated with. the narrow political discussion that we are having today. >> we see the gasoline prices coming down because the price...
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and we're not using a new technology. romney, i think there was prejudice in the party against his mormonism. i think a lot of us stood back as they did when mccain ran, you know in we were three million votes down, and i'd like to get to hear some of the republicans, what they have to say about that. i think jindal's going down the wrong route jumping on romney now, but we had these fractional primaries, and that really took a lot of steam out of romney, and it set us up. >> host: that was jared from ohio. to georgia now, charles. what's the name of your town, charles? >> caller: i'm sorry, i couldn't hear you? >> host: what's the name of your town? >> caller: cleveland. >> host: you're calling from cleveland, georgia? >> caller: yes, sir. >> host: go ahead. >> caller: i think these undeclared wars have to stop, and we threw away the ron paul supporters. we needed them to beat obama. but romney did mention the constitution many be times, so, excuse me, i'm a little nervous. it's just i think we have to get back to the co
and we're not using a new technology. romney, i think there was prejudice in the party against his mormonism. i think a lot of us stood back as they did when mccain ran, you know in we were three million votes down, and i'd like to get to hear some of the republicans, what they have to say about that. i think jindal's going down the wrong route jumping on romney now, but we had these fractional primaries, and that really took a lot of steam out of romney, and it set us up. >> host: that...
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we were able to test new technology, underwater vehicles and neutralizing mines and we brought an international coalition together. we hoped to get about 20 countries here with 35 countries to take part in this exercise. 20 of them brought ships or helicopters or the means. we had a staging base that we used before if you will the flagship, the command ship for the coalition operations and so, we learned a great deal. we learned that there is a lot of synergy that we can bring together and we knew that unmanned underwater vehicles to work on the countermining and that you don't need a countermeasure ships and a large helicopter dragging this led to clear these things out to be effective but in fact smaller ships that some nations with smaller navies bring to bear on this and become very, very effective participants in the mission. >> we are almost out of time but before we get to the last question i have a couple of housekeeping matters to take care of. first of all i would like to remind you about our upcoming lunch speakers on december 18th. leon panetta the secretary of the u.s. to put the d
we were able to test new technology, underwater vehicles and neutralizing mines and we brought an international coalition together. we hoped to get about 20 countries here with 35 countries to take part in this exercise. 20 of them brought ships or helicopters or the means. we had a staging base that we used before if you will the flagship, the command ship for the coalition operations and so, we learned a great deal. we learned that there is a lot of synergy that we can bring together and we...
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ern knee has always recognized the critical role technology plays in these rescue efforts. from the amber alert to his spearheading the launch of the national center's cyber tip line in 1998, this so-called 9/11 for the internet is a clearing center for reports of crimes against children on the internet and so far has received more than 1.5 million reports. ernie is a lawyer and a member of the kentucky bar. he is also a teacher, having held faculty positions at the university of louisville, the university of kentucky, and indiana university. he's been honored by his alma matter,the university of louisville as a distinguished alumnus of the louis brandeis school of law and is an outstanding alumnus of the cheng of arts and sciences. i'm pleased to report to my colleagues that ernie will not be leaving the fight for america's kids. no, his passion won't allow him to take a typical retirement. we're lucky that even as he's stepping down from his role at the helm of the center for missing and exploited children, he is a he focused exclusively on his new role as president and c
ern knee has always recognized the critical role technology plays in these rescue efforts. from the amber alert to his spearheading the launch of the national center's cyber tip line in 1998, this so-called 9/11 for the internet is a clearing center for reports of crimes against children on the internet and so far has received more than 1.5 million reports. ernie is a lawyer and a member of the kentucky bar. he is also a teacher, having held faculty positions at the university of louisville,...